Global Regulatory Outlook of CRISPRized Plants summarizes CRISPR/Cas systems and applications for precise editing of plant genomes and discusses global regulatory frameworks for CRISPR edited crops. While CRISPR technology has become a routine, cheap, and efficient method to generate edited crops with superior traits, how these crops are regulated determines the future of this technology. Understanding the current state of regulation, concerns, issues, and foundations for future decisions are key in determining how this technology is used going forward. This important summary will be vital to the successful commercialization of CRISPR technology and biosafety concerns associated with this technology. The book highlights regulatory classification of CRISPR modifications such as SDN1, SDN2 and SDN3 and their global regulation and discusses the social, ethical, governance, and policy issues related to CRISPR edited crops.
- Presents regulatory frameworks for CRISPR edited crops in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Japan, EU, Africa, and Asia
- Includes a specific chapter on global regulation of genetically engineered crops
- Addresses public perception, social aspects, and ethical concerns that are impacting the commercialization of CRISPR edited crops
1. Genome-edited plants regulations: Notes from editors
2. Online tools to track gene editing regulations in Agri-Food Sector
3. CRISPR/Cas Systems and Techniques
4. Applications of CRISPR/Cas in Plants
5. Reagents and their delivery systems in CRISPR/Cas
6. Regulatory Triggers of CRISPR edited crops
7. Tracking Footprints of CRISPR based genome editing
8. GMOs and Their Regulatory Frameworks
9. Regulatory Framework of CRISPR Edited Crops in USA
10. Regulation of CRISPR Edited Plants in Latin America
11. Regulatory outlook of CRISPR edited plants in Canada
12. Regulatory Aspects of CRISPR Edited Plants in EU
13. Regulation of CRISPR Edited Plants in Australia and New Zealand
14. Regulatory Overview of CRISPR Edited Plants in Asian Countries
15. Regulatory landscape of genome edited crops: A Japanese Perspective
16. Regulatory Status of CRISPR Edited Crops in Africa
17. Regulation of CRISPRized Plants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
18. Gene Editing Regulation in Argentina
19. Food and feed safety considerations for genetically modified crops, in particular gene-edited ones, from a European perspective
20. CRISPR/cas genome editing and applications in forest tree breeding
21. Social, Ethical, Policy and Governance Issue of CRISPR Edited Plants
Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. He earned his PhD in molecular plant pathology through a joint program between Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, and Suez Canal University, Egypt, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Christian Albrechts University. His research focuses on nanobiotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection, and he has authored numerous peerreviewed articles and edited books with major international publishers. His scientific contributions have been recognized nationally and regionally, including awards from the Federation of Arab Scientific Research Councils for research excellence in biotechnology and the Egyptian State Award for Agricultural Scientific Excellence from the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology. He has been recognized among the worlds top 2% most influential scientists in nanobiotechnology for three consecutive years (20212023), according to global rankings developed by Stanford University. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of two Elsevier book series, Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection and Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture. Aftab Ahmad earned his PhD and completed postdoctoral research in plant molecular biology at the University of Shizuoka, Japan, under the prestigious 21st Century Center of Excellence Program. He also served as a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California Davis, United States. With over a decade of teaching experience in biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Dr. Aftab now continues to advance plant genome editing research aimed at improving crop resilience and productivity at the Natural & Medical Sciences Research Center, University of Nizwa, Oman. He has published in leading international peer-reviewed journals such as Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal of Biomedical Science, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Journal of Cereal Science, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, and many more.
